The Day France Outlawed Its Own People
On October 18, 1685, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, stripping France's Protestants of their rights and driving hundreds of thousands into exile.
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Two Brothers, One Garage, and the Birth of Disney
On October 16, 1923, Walt and Roy Disney founded a tiny cartoon studio in Los Angeles — the company that would become the most famous entertainment empire on earth.
The Night John Brown Tried to Start a Slave Rebellion
On the night of October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, hoping to ignite a slave uprising — and set America on the road to civil war.